Comparison of pressure distribution on a cubical model in boundary layer and tornado-like flow fields

10th Americas Conference on Wind Engineering, ACWE 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Mishra, A R ^a   James, D L ^a   Letchford, C W ^a  

^a Texas Tech University   (United States)

Author keywords

Modified combine rankine vortex; Pressure coefficient; Tornado simulator; Wind loading

Indexed keywords

PRESSURE COEFFICIENTS; RANKINE VORTICES; SURFACE PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS; TANGENTIAL VELOCITIES; TORNADO-LIKE FLOWS; TORNADO-LIKE VORTEX; WIND LOADING; WIND VELOCITIES;

GEOMETRY; SIMULATORS; VORTEX FLOW;

TORNADOES;

EID: 84886936674     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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